Photography by Geneviève Caron

Channel your inner Daisy Buchanan, from The Great Gatsby, with the most handsome guy of the night by your side.

Flapper Costume
Total Cost: $25

Take a look at a larger image of the finished costume.

What You’ll Need To Make It:

• Old bridesmaid’s dress
• Hot-glue gun and glue
• 2 metres of 10-centimetre fringe
• 2 metres of 3-centimetre ruffled sequin lace
• 3 faux feathers
• Plastic gems
• 1 metre of elastic sequin craft ribbon
• 2 faux pearl necklaces
• Feather boa

How To Put It All Together:

1. Stitch or hot-glue 2 rows of fringe and ruffled sequin lace to bottom of dress.
2. Hot-glue faux feathers to stretch sequin. Hot-glue gems on to feathers along headband.
3. On the day: Put on dress and accessorize with headband, a necklace around the neck and the other as a bracelet, and drape the boa over shoulders.

Dapper Baby Costume
Total Cost: $5

What You’ll Need To Make It:

• White pants
• Striped shirt and tie
• Vest
• Hat
• Faux flower

How To Put It All Together:

1. On the day: Dress your babe in the clothes, with the faux flower as a boutonniere.

Looking for more DIY costume ideas? Check out our photo gallery of homemade Halloween costumes.